Scott’s Column: What Are You Feeling by Lizz Brennfoerder | Nov 8, 2022 | Mental Health, News“Learning to label emotions with a more nuanced vocabulary can be absolutely transformative.” According to Harvard psychologist Susan David, quoted in the introduction...
Scott’s Column: JAM Report by Lizz Brennfoerder | Oct 25, 2022 | NewsIt was so good to see people, to talk, to laugh, to hug. Last week Katie Miller and I attended the Joint Annual Meeting of the Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota...
Scott’s Column: Blackstone Tour Experiences by Lizz Brennfoerder | Oct 11, 2022 | NewsSaturday morning I woke up early—at least early for a Saturday—and headed down to the church to unlock the doors for the set-up of the Blackstone Neighborhood tour. I...
Scott’s Column: Our Medicine by Lizz Brennfoerder | Oct 5, 2022 | News"These communities — islands of biological and cultural diversity in the ever-rising deluge of development and urbanization — are humankind's "Archipelago of Hope," for...
Scott’s Column: Generous Citizen of Loss by Lizz Brennfoerder | Sep 20, 2022 | NewsAt the end of June I was working on some house projects, mostly painting, including touching-up the front porch and parts of the house exterior that I could reach...
Scott’s Column: Watershed by Lizz Brennfoerder | Sep 13, 2022 | NewsSebastian and I left for our big summer trip to Yellowstone one Sunday evening in early July. We stopped in Kearney the first night and enjoyed the hotel swimming...
Scott’s Column: On Consolation by Lizz Brennfoerder | Sep 6, 2022 | NewsMy sabbatical began in June with a focus on clearing my mind and destressing. The first day of the sabbatical, June 1, I went to Fontanelle Forest and walked for half...
Scott’s Column: Arrange for Change by Lizz Brennfoerder | Aug 31, 2022 | News "Arrange for change" is one of the catchphrases in the National Park Service brochure on "Climate Change in National Parks." Given that studying resilience in...
Scott’s Column: My Sabbatical by Lizz Brennfoerder | May 31, 2022 | Events, News“What are you doing for your sabbatical?” people are asking. Well, the simple answer is that after two years of managing the church through the pandemic and my family...
Scott’s Column: 2022 State of the Church by Sara Sharpe | Jan 31, 2022 | NewsIn recent months there have been a number of articles in major national publications about the effects of the pandemic on churches. Particularly how difficult this...
